PLAINVILLE, MA, May 7, 2007  Panera Bread in Plainville, MA recently presented a check for $6,723.75 to its Operation Dough-Nation® partner, the Ryan’s Hope Foundation, also based in Plainville. The bakery-cafe’s annual donation was presented to Linda Hastings (third from left), President of the Foundation, and her husband, Scott (third from right), by Mike Spirdione (left), District Manager of Panera Bread/HBG, Louis Bournes (second from left), General Manager of Panera Bread Plainville, Tonya Harms (second from right), Director of Marketing for Panera Bread/HBG and Greg Norton (right), Manager of Panera Bread Plainville.

Operation Dough-Nation® is a program committed to ensuring that every purchase at Panera Bread feeds back into the community. Cash donations made in each bakery-cafe by customers are matched by Panera and donated to local organizations. Panera Bread in Plainville is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and offers a variety of menu items, including breads and bagels, creative sandwiches such as Chicken Tomesto on Artisan Three Cheese Bread, made-to-order Crispani® pizzas, hand-tossed salads, homemade soups and a variety of espresso beverages.

The Panera Bread Plainville location is one of four bakery-cafes in Southeastern, MA owned by one of Panera’s top franchises, the Howley Bread Group, LTD of Cumberland, RI. The franchisee owns and operates a total of nineteen bakery-cafes in Southeastern, MA, Eastern CT and RI markets.